Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring
10 February. Enemy on the Sibog-Sindaman track have dug in and now have at least four pillboxes there. An estimated company of 150-200 Japanese are in the position.
A patrol returning came to the scene of the action where Captain Mooney and 5 men were killed. They found all six bodies. One man with a BAR had been leading, followed by the Captain and the rest of the patrol. The BAR-man evidently was wounded, for his body was found in a ravine about fifteen feet from the trail where he had crawled and died. The Captain and three others were killed instantly. There was evidence that one Sergeant had been wounded and then bayonetted to death.
Advance elements of the Australian 5th Division advancing northwest along the coast made contact with Michaelmas Force.
The arrival of the Australians in the Saidor area officially ended the Michaelmas operation.
Major General H.W. Blakeley, USA, Ret., The 32d Infantry Division in World War II
Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring